B Hodgett
@coloursburntin.bsky.social
Rummaging around museums
Postdoc | 'Making the Museum' | Pitt Rivers Museum
PhD | Life in Photographs : Archaeology, Assemblage and Temporality in the Archive of O.G.S Crawford
Previously | Krasis JTF | Ashmolean Museum
All views my own.
They/Them
Postdoc | 'Making the Museum' | Pitt Rivers Museum
PhD | Life in Photographs : Archaeology, Assemblage and Temporality in the Archive of O.G.S Crawford
Previously | Krasis JTF | Ashmolean Museum
All views my own.
They/Them
Pinned
Making the Museum
www.prm.ox.ac.uk
Publication day! Here's a zine about copying, replicating and making in museums that I've been working on with some lovely friends from the Imperfect Bound Collective (find them on Instagram @imperfectboundcollective).
www.prm.ox.ac.uk/making-museu...
www.prm.ox.ac.uk/making-museu...
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Ramadan Mubarak 🌙
Wishing a peaceful month to our Muslim students, colleagues and Readers.
Ramadan and pilgrimage in our collections:
🕌 Sultanahmet Mosque (Bodl. Or. 430, fol 57r)
📖 Sūrat al-Baqarah, Tīpū’s Qurʾān (Bodl. Or. 793, fols 24a–24b)
🧳 Pilgrims to Mecca (Bodl. Or. 430, fols 145r & 148r)
Wishing a peaceful month to our Muslim students, colleagues and Readers.
Ramadan and pilgrimage in our collections:
🕌 Sultanahmet Mosque (Bodl. Or. 430, fol 57r)
📖 Sūrat al-Baqarah, Tīpū’s Qurʾān (Bodl. Or. 793, fols 24a–24b)
🧳 Pilgrims to Mecca (Bodl. Or. 430, fols 145r & 148r)
February 18, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Ramadan Mubarak 🌙
Wishing a peaceful month to our Muslim students, colleagues and Readers.
Ramadan and pilgrimage in our collections:
🕌 Sultanahmet Mosque (Bodl. Or. 430, fol 57r)
📖 Sūrat al-Baqarah, Tīpū’s Qurʾān (Bodl. Or. 793, fols 24a–24b)
🧳 Pilgrims to Mecca (Bodl. Or. 430, fols 145r & 148r)
Wishing a peaceful month to our Muslim students, colleagues and Readers.
Ramadan and pilgrimage in our collections:
🕌 Sultanahmet Mosque (Bodl. Or. 430, fol 57r)
📖 Sūrat al-Baqarah, Tīpū’s Qurʾān (Bodl. Or. 793, fols 24a–24b)
🧳 Pilgrims to Mecca (Bodl. Or. 430, fols 145r & 148r)
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🚨 Please Share
If anybody has any material culture related to protesting the Cass Review specifically, and would like to share pictures of them with me, then please send me images here or via owen.hurcum@york.ac.uk. I have an idea to do a little write-up about them from the pov of an archaeologist
If anybody has any material culture related to protesting the Cass Review specifically, and would like to share pictures of them with me, then please send me images here or via owen.hurcum@york.ac.uk. I have an idea to do a little write-up about them from the pov of an archaeologist
February 17, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🚨 Please Share
If anybody has any material culture related to protesting the Cass Review specifically, and would like to share pictures of them with me, then please send me images here or via owen.hurcum@york.ac.uk. I have an idea to do a little write-up about them from the pov of an archaeologist
If anybody has any material culture related to protesting the Cass Review specifically, and would like to share pictures of them with me, then please send me images here or via owen.hurcum@york.ac.uk. I have an idea to do a little write-up about them from the pov of an archaeologist
Publication day! Here's a zine about copying, replicating and making in museums that I've been working on with some lovely friends from the Imperfect Bound Collective (find them on Instagram @imperfectboundcollective).
www.prm.ox.ac.uk/making-museu...
www.prm.ox.ac.uk/making-museu...
Making the Museum
www.prm.ox.ac.uk
February 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Publication day! Here's a zine about copying, replicating and making in museums that I've been working on with some lovely friends from the Imperfect Bound Collective (find them on Instagram @imperfectboundcollective).
www.prm.ox.ac.uk/making-museu...
www.prm.ox.ac.uk/making-museu...
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Two more PhD scholarships at @kingshistory.bsky.social: focussing on different aspects of Nigerian history, and working with my excellent colleague @bixhiribarren.bsky.social :
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQM397/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQM397/p...
PhD Studentships at King's College London
At jobs.ac.uk, you can apply for a PhD Studentships. Explore our diverse range of PhD opportunities today.
www.jobs.ac.uk
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Two more PhD scholarships at @kingshistory.bsky.social: focussing on different aspects of Nigerian history, and working with my excellent colleague @bixhiribarren.bsky.social :
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQM397/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQM397/p...
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We have more Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) workshops coming up!
Join staff at The London Archives for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgrad students and researchers make the most of archival collections.
📍 The London Archives
📅 1 April + 3 June
🕛️ 1-4:30pm
Join staff at The London Archives for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgrad students and researchers make the most of archival collections.
📍 The London Archives
📅 1 April + 3 June
🕛️ 1-4:30pm
Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) Workshop
Join us for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgraduate students and researchers make the most of archival collections.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 8:45 AM
We have more Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) workshops coming up!
Join staff at The London Archives for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgrad students and researchers make the most of archival collections.
📍 The London Archives
📅 1 April + 3 June
🕛️ 1-4:30pm
Join staff at The London Archives for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgrad students and researchers make the most of archival collections.
📍 The London Archives
📅 1 April + 3 June
🕛️ 1-4:30pm
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“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.”
Edward Said’s words are as relevant today as they were a few decades ago.
Edward Said’s words are as relevant today as they were a few decades ago.
Blind Imperial Arrogance
Vile stereotyping of Arabs by the U.S. ensures years of turmoil
www.latimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:20 AM
“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.”
Edward Said’s words are as relevant today as they were a few decades ago.
Edward Said’s words are as relevant today as they were a few decades ago.
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We’re doing a photography conference! Please circulate!
A single-stream 2 day International Conference hosted by the Centre for Culture and Everyday Life, School of the Arts, University of Liverpool.
Full CFP at www.ccel.uk
Full CFP at www.ccel.uk
December 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We’re doing a photography conference! Please circulate!
Spent yesterday doing some object photography for a forthcoming exhibition on contemporary Benin bronze casting work by artist Phil Omodamwen (on Instagram as @Omobronze).
December 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Spent yesterday doing some object photography for a forthcoming exhibition on contemporary Benin bronze casting work by artist Phil Omodamwen (on Instagram as @Omobronze).
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Applications are now open for The New Curators Project 2026! Deadline: 8pm 22 February.
This annual project – offers 10 paid places for east Londoners aged 18-24 who do not have a degree but are interested in working in the cultural heritage sector.
Apply now: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
This annual project – offers 10 paid places for east Londoners aged 18-24 who do not have a degree but are interested in working in the cultural heritage sector.
Apply now: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Applications are now open for The New Curators Project 2026! Deadline: 8pm 22 February.
This annual project – offers 10 paid places for east Londoners aged 18-24 who do not have a degree but are interested in working in the cultural heritage sector.
Apply now: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
This annual project – offers 10 paid places for east Londoners aged 18-24 who do not have a degree but are interested in working in the cultural heritage sector.
Apply now: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
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And reminder that among the amazing things about Paper Trails, the variety of formats the BOOC invites is very expansive 🗃️
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
And reminder that among the amazing things about Paper Trails, the variety of formats the BOOC invites is very expansive 🗃️
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What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections?
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
Call for Papers: Difficult Collections | UCL UCL Special Collections
UCL Homepage
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections?
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
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This might be of interest to a few people
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open!
£200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This might be of interest to a few people
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
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And with ongoing evidence suggesting the moral vacuum of the government-supported British arms industry is facilitating this
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
And with ongoing evidence suggesting the moral vacuum of the government-supported British arms industry is facilitating this
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Aid workers in the region fear the situation will deteriorate as food and medical supplies dwindle.
UN officials condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan as RSF advances
Aid workers in the region fear the situation will deteriorate as food and medical supplies dwindle.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Aid workers in the region fear the situation will deteriorate as food and medical supplies dwindle.
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The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Home - Sudan Solidarity Collective
Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...
sudansolidarity.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
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🚨THIS WEEK: Endangered Urban Heritage in Egypt, Sudan and Palestine hybrid conference
co-organized w Noha Abou-Khatwa, @archaeologuest.bsky.social + @gmandreou.bsky.social
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/c...
co-organized w Noha Abou-Khatwa, @archaeologuest.bsky.social + @gmandreou.bsky.social
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/c...
Cities on the Edge Workshop: Program is Out!
The program for the workshop Cities on the Edge: Documenting, Preserving, and Teaching Endangered Urban Heritage in Egypt, Sudan and Palestine is now out! The event will take place on Oct. 31 and N…
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🚨THIS WEEK: Endangered Urban Heritage in Egypt, Sudan and Palestine hybrid conference
co-organized w Noha Abou-Khatwa, @archaeologuest.bsky.social + @gmandreou.bsky.social
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/c...
co-organized w Noha Abou-Khatwa, @archaeologuest.bsky.social + @gmandreou.bsky.social
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/c...
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We're delighted to announce the CFP for our #PHRC26 annual conference on "Photography's Tacit Knowledge". As in the past few years, it'll be a hybrid conference, online and in Leicester, o 15-16 June. Send your abstracts by 9 January! photographichistory.wordpress.com/annual-confe... #photohist
Annual Conference 2026
Photography’s Tacit Knowledge Image: A reproduction photographer at work. 1934 (Deutsche Fotothek). Photographic History Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK When: 15-16 June 2026…
photographichistory.wordpress.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
We're delighted to announce the CFP for our #PHRC26 annual conference on "Photography's Tacit Knowledge". As in the past few years, it'll be a hybrid conference, online and in Leicester, o 15-16 June. Send your abstracts by 9 January! photographichistory.wordpress.com/annual-confe... #photohist
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Do I know anyone (who knows anyone) who writes for a big press outlet on LBGTQIA human rights issues, especially worldwide? I'm trying to draw attention to the plight of a group of people in South Sudan who are facing grave danger and additional barriers to aid because of their identity.
October 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Do I know anyone (who knows anyone) who writes for a big press outlet on LBGTQIA human rights issues, especially worldwide? I'm trying to draw attention to the plight of a group of people in South Sudan who are facing grave danger and additional barriers to aid because of their identity.
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Call for Papers: “Civilizing” the World: Classicism, Neo-Classical Sculpture, and Plaster Casts in the Service of Imperial Powers and Post-Colonial Elites (1780-1945)
Papers deadline: 1 December 2025
Conference dates: 22 - 23 October 2026
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Papers deadline: 1 December 2025
Conference dates: 22 - 23 October 2026
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
“Civilizing” the World: Classicism, Neo-Classical Sculpture, and Plaster Casts in the Service of Imperial Powers and Post-Colonial Elites (1780-1945)
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October 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Call for Papers: “Civilizing” the World: Classicism, Neo-Classical Sculpture, and Plaster Casts in the Service of Imperial Powers and Post-Colonial Elites (1780-1945)
Papers deadline: 1 December 2025
Conference dates: 22 - 23 October 2026
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Papers deadline: 1 December 2025
Conference dates: 22 - 23 October 2026
Full details here: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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6 hours left. My expectations are low, since we didn't meet last week's goal for the first time in 23 weeks of this giving circle supporting the SURVIVAL of six families & a camp, and we haven't met our daily goals in days.
My hope is high. That's our duty.
652/1000 chuffed.org/project/hope...
My hope is high. That's our duty.
652/1000 chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
6 hours left. My expectations are low, since we didn't meet last week's goal for the first time in 23 weeks of this giving circle supporting the SURVIVAL of six families & a camp, and we haven't met our daily goals in days.
My hope is high. That's our duty.
652/1000 chuffed.org/project/hope...
My hope is high. That's our duty.
652/1000 chuffed.org/project/hope...
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Join us for the launch of Mara Gold's debut book 'Ancient Myths and Legends Without Men' and discover the women and gender non-conforming characters who shaped and subverted womanhood from the very beginning and whose stories still resonate today! Thurs 23 Oct, 17.30-19.30. £5.
bit.ly/3KtDJdU
bit.ly/3KtDJdU
October 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Join us for the launch of Mara Gold's debut book 'Ancient Myths and Legends Without Men' and discover the women and gender non-conforming characters who shaped and subverted womanhood from the very beginning and whose stories still resonate today! Thurs 23 Oct, 17.30-19.30. £5.
bit.ly/3KtDJdU
bit.ly/3KtDJdU
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🚨The call for papers for the History and Archives in Practice 2026 conference #HAP26 is now live! 🚨
Along with @ihr.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @royalhistsoc.org we invite you to explore 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research' ⬇️
Along with @ihr.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @royalhistsoc.org we invite you to explore 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research' ⬇️
Call for Participation | History and Archives in Practice 2026
Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research
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September 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🚨The call for papers for the History and Archives in Practice 2026 conference #HAP26 is now live! 🚨
Along with @ihr.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @royalhistsoc.org we invite you to explore 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research' ⬇️
Along with @ihr.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @royalhistsoc.org we invite you to explore 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research' ⬇️
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Because paying tens of thousands of pounds for visas and the "NHS surcharge", being ineligible for ANY benefits for 10 years, and therefore working tax-paying jobs constantly, and daring to want a better life is not enough.
"Migrants will have to carry out community work or volunteering to qualify to permanently remain in the UK, according to the Home Secretary." [Telegraph]
September 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Because paying tens of thousands of pounds for visas and the "NHS surcharge", being ineligible for ANY benefits for 10 years, and therefore working tax-paying jobs constantly, and daring to want a better life is not enough.
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Home Darkrooms in Britian 📸🏠🏳️🌈 Oral History Project
I wish to speak to LGBTQIA people who have experience of having a home darkroom or used a darkroom that felt like home.
If you are interested in learning more, please get in touch:
📧 m.warren@westminster.ac.uk
📞 +447902489831
I wish to speak to LGBTQIA people who have experience of having a home darkroom or used a darkroom that felt like home.
If you are interested in learning more, please get in touch:
📧 m.warren@westminster.ac.uk
📞 +447902489831
September 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Home Darkrooms in Britian 📸🏠🏳️🌈 Oral History Project
I wish to speak to LGBTQIA people who have experience of having a home darkroom or used a darkroom that felt like home.
If you are interested in learning more, please get in touch:
📧 m.warren@westminster.ac.uk
📞 +447902489831
I wish to speak to LGBTQIA people who have experience of having a home darkroom or used a darkroom that felt like home.
If you are interested in learning more, please get in touch:
📧 m.warren@westminster.ac.uk
📞 +447902489831